The Rotary Club of Red Deer East Community Kitchen is our base for Culinary Services. The Rotary Club raised – and continues to raise – funds to develop the facility so that we can provide a social enterprise that would include food portioning for hampers, food education, and food services that put surplus funds earned back into Food Bank programs.

The Red Deer Food Bank Society is proud to be one of the 14 projects supported through Co-op Community Spaces in 2024. The Co-op Community Food Farm will produce nearly 1 million cherry tomatoes a year to supplement the fresh produce selection available for their emergency food hamper program.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints provided us with a $75,000 grant to purchase one of two hydroponic sea cans to grow green leafy vegetables year-round. These vegetables will be used to add produce that might not otherwise be available to our emergency food hampers.

The Jules Foundation invested a $75,000 grant with the Food Bank to purchase one of two hydroponic sea cans as part of our long-term solution to sourcing fresh produce for our emergency food hamper program. These sea cans will grow items like lettuce, spinach, kale and other healthy produce for our clients.